MCD - Overview Definition:
- Fatal
- Brain and Nerve System damage
- Disease that affects cattles
- Incurable
- Humans get Mad Cow Disease by eating the cows that are infected
Symptoms for the Cows:
- Attack people
- Stagger as they walk
- Kick their owners
- Eat other cows
- Turn agressive!!!
Medical Name: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (only for cows)
Mad Cow Disease is a part of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy(TSE)
(TSE - a group of disease that affects the brain and nervous system for animals and humans)
Medical Name for humans that have Mad Cow Disease: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
Baltimore VA ‘Mad Cow Disease’ Expert Develops Process to Remove Infection From Blood
Definition:
- Fatal
- Brain and Nerve System damage
- Disease that affects cattles
- Incurable
- Humans get Mad Cow Disease by eating the cows that are infected
Symptoms for the Cows:
- Attack people
- Stagger as they walk
- Kick their owners
- Eat other cows
- Turn agressive!!!
Medical Name: Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (only for cows)
Mad Cow Disease is a part of Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy(TSE)
(TSE - a group of disease that affects the brain and nervous system for animals and humans)
Medical Name for humans that have Mad Cow Disease: Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
Baltimore VA ‘Mad Cow Disease’ Expert Develops Process to Remove Infection From Blood
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